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CHARTER, BY-LAWS, OFFICERS, 



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REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



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PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY 

1904 



CHARTER, Bl-LAWS, OFFICERS, 



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REPORT OF EXECUTIVE CO:\niITTEE 



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1904 



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REVISED MAY, 181)5 



AMENDED MARCH, 1900, NOVEMBER, 1902, 
AND JUNE 2, 1903 



OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 1904. 



PRESIDENT, 

SAMUEL VERPLANCK HOFFMAN, 

FIRST vice-president; 
FREDERIC WENDELL JACKSON. 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, 

FRANCIS ROBERT SCHELL. 

FOREIGN CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 

ARCHER MILTON HUNTINGTON. 

DOMESTIC CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 

GEORGE RICHARD SCHIEFFELIN. 

RECORDING SECRETARY, 

SYDNEY HOWARD CARNEY, Jr., M.D. 

TREASURER, 

CHARLES AUGUSTUS SHERMAN. 

LIBRARIAN, 

ROBERT HENDRE KELBY. 



EXECUTIVE CO^nilTTEE. 



FIRST r'T.ASS FOR OXF, YEAR, ENDING 1905. 

JOHN A. WEEKES, J. PIERPONT :\I()RGA\, 

GEORGE R. SCHIEFFELIX. 

SECOND CLASS FOR TWO YEARS, ENDING 1 9()(). 

F. ItOBERT SCHELL, DANIEL PARISH. Jr., 

FREDERIC WENDELL JACKSON. 

THIRD CEASS FOR THREE YEARS, ENDING 1907. 

ISAAC J. GREENWOOD, CLARENCE STORM, 
JAMES WILLIAM BEEKMAN. 

FOT^RTH CLASS FOR EOTU YEARS, ENDING 1908. 

GHERARDI DAMS, WALTER L. SUYDAM, 

FRANK TILFORD. 

DANIEL PARISH. Jr., Chairman. 

ROBERT H. KELBY, Secretary. 

[The President, Recordiiiof SccretnrY, Treasurer, 
and Librarian are members of the Executive Committee.] 



CONTENTS. 





PAGE 


Original Act of Incorporation ....... 





Eevival of Act of Incorporation 


12 


Eevivai and Amendment of Act of Incorporation . 


13 


The Charter 


17 


Act of Exemption . . . . * . 


•20 


Supplemental Act of Exemj^tion 


21 


By-Laws 


23 


Report of Executive Committee ...... 


35 


Abstract of Treasurer's Report 


47 


List of Members ......... 


51 


Patrons 


53 


Fellows 


55 


Annual and Life Members 


. 57 


Necrology 


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ACTS OF INCORPORATION. 



ORIGINAL ACT OF INCORPORATION. 



AN ACT 

To incorporate The Neiv-York Historical Society. Passed 
Fehruarij 10, 1809. 

Whereas, the persons hereinafter named, and others, 
have formed themselves into an Association under the 
name of " The New- York Historical Society," for the 
purpose of discovering, procurmg, and preserving what- 
ever may relate to the natural, civil, literary, and eccle- 
siastical history of the United States in general, and of 
this State in particular, and have presented a petition to 
the Legislature to be incorporated, that thereby such, the 
purpose and design of the said Society, may be the more 
effectually subserved and promoted; 
Therefore, 

1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of 
ISTew York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That 
Egbert Benson, Brockholst Livingston, Benjamin Moore, 
SamAiel Miller, William Johnson, Samuel L. Mitchill, Da- 
vid Hosack, John M. Mason, DeAVitt Clinton, John Mc- 
Kesson, Anthony Bleecker, Charles Wilkes, John Pin- 
tard, and John Forbes, and their associates, who now are, 
and 'such other persons as shall hereafter become mem- 
bers of the said Society, shall be, and are hereby ordained, 
constituted and declared a body corporate and politic, in 
fact and name, by the name of " The New-York Histori- 

9 



10 [the new- yoke histoeical society. 

cal Society," and that by such name they and their suc- 
cessors forever hereafter shall and may have succession, 
and by the same name be capable in law to sue and be 
sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered 
unto, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and 
equity, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, and 
matters whatsoever; and that they and their successors 
may have a common seal, and the same break, alter, 
change, and renew at their pleasure, and by the same shall 
be forever hereafter capable in the law to purchase, take, 
hold, receive, and enjoy, to them and their successors, 
any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels or 
estate, real or personal, of whatever nature or quality in 
fee simple, for life or lives, or for years, or in any other 
manner whatsoever: Provided always, that the yearly in- 
come or value of the said real or personal estate do not 
at any time exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, 
current money of the State of !New-York, 

2, And it is hereby further enacted. That they and 
their successors by the same name, shall have power and 
authority to give, grant, bargain, sell, demise, release, and 
convey to others the whole or any part of such real or 
personal estate on such terms, and in such manner and 
form as the said Society may deem eligible to subserve 
and promote such, the purpose and design of the said 
Society, and that they and their successors shall have 
power, from time to time, to abolish any of the offices or 
appointments hereinafter mentioned, and create others 
in their room, with such powers and duties as they may 
think fit to confer and prescribe, and shall have power 
from time to time to make, constitute, ordain, and estab- 
lish such constitutions, by-laws, ordinances and regula- 
tions as they shall judge proper for the election of offi- 
cers, the election and admission of new members, for the 
government and regulation of the officers and members, 
for fixing the times and places of the meetings of the said 
corporation, and for conducting, regulating, and manag- 
ing all the affairs and business of the said corporation. 



OEIGINAL ACT OF IXCOEPORATION. 11 

and the same from time to time to alter, change, repeal, 
revoke, and annul at their pleasure; and that the consti- 
tution and by-laws, rules and regulations of the said So- 
ciety heretofore made and adopted, and now existing, 
shall and may remain in force until altered or repealed 
by the said corporation: Provided, that such by-laws, con- 
stitutions and regulations made or to be made by the said 
corporation, shall not be repugnant to the Constitution and 
laws of the United States or of this State. 

3. And be it fukther enacted, That the officers of the 
said Society, until otherwise ordained by the said corpora- 
tion, shall consist of one President, two Vice-Presidents, 
a Correspondent Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a 
Treasurer, a Librarian, and standing Committee of seven 
members; and that until the next annual meeting of the 
said Society, and until others shall be chosen in their 
places, the present officers and committees last appointed 
by the said Society shall be and continue respectively 
the officers of the said corporation. 

4. And be it furthek enacted, That this act shall be 
and is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be con- 
strued most favorably to subserve and promote such, the 
purpose and design of the said Society, and that no mis- 
nomer of the said corporation, in any deed, will, testa- 
ment, gift, grant, demise, or other instrument of contract 
or conveyance, shall vitiate or defeat the same. Provided 
the said corporation shall be sufficiently described to show 
the intention of the parties. 

5. And be it further enacted. That this act shall be 
and remain in full force for the term of fifteen years: 
Provided, nevertheless, that in case the aforesaid Society 
shall at any time appropriate their, or any part of their 
funds to any purpose or purposes other than those con- 
templated by this act, and shall be thereof convicted by 
due course of law, that thenceforth the said corporation 
shall cease and determine, and the estate, real and per- 
sonal, whereof it may be seized and possessed, shall vest 
in the people of this State. 



KEVIVAL 



ACT OF INCORPORATION 



AIs^ ACT 

For reneiving and continuing in force an Act entitled " An 
Act to incorporate The Neic-Yorh Historical Society." 
Passed February 10, 1S09. Passed February 10, 1826. 

1. Be IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE StATE OF NeW- 
YORK, EEPRESENTED IN SeNATE AND ASSEMBLY, That the 

act entitled " An Act to incorporate The Xew-York His- 
torical Society," passed February 10, 1809, shall be and 
the same is hereby revived and extended and continued 
in force until the tenth day of February, which will be in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-nine. And the said act shall be taken and consid- 
ered to have been in full force and effect, since the time 
of the passing thereof, in the same manner as if the same 
had not expired by its own limitation. 

2. And be it fuethek enacted. That the officers last 
appointed by the said Society or Corporation, pursuant to 
the provisions of the said act shall be, and continue to be, 
officers of the said Corporation, till others shall be duly 
chosen in their respective places. And the estate and 
property which the said Society or Corporation may have 
legally acquired, or which they may legally hold, pur- 
suant to the said act, they may continue to hold, and may 
convey and dispose of the same, in the same manner as 
if the said act had always continued in full force and 

effect. 

12 



REVIVAL AND AMENDMENT 

OF THE 

ACT OF INCORPORATION 



AN ACT 

To revive and continue in force an Act entitled " An Act to 

incorporate The Neiv- York Historical Society, ^.a-sse^ 

February 10, 1809, and to ammd the same. Fassea 

February 2, m6, by a two-third vote. 

The People of the State of New-York, represented 

IN Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 

1 The Act entitled '' An Act to incorporate The New- 
York Historical Society," passed February 10, 1809, is 
hereby revived and continued in force. 

2. The said act so revived and continued m force^ is 
hereby amended by striking out at the end of the hrst 
section thereof the words, "Provided always that the 
yearly income, or value of the said real or personal es- 
tate, do not at any time exceed the sum of fifteen hun- 
dred dollars, current money of the State of ^ew-York 
and insertino. in the place thereof the words, but the 
clear yearly income of the said real and personal estate 
over and above the Library and collections of the said 
Society, shall not at any time exceed the sum of ten thou- 
sand dollars." j ;i ^^^r 
3 The said revived act is hereby further amended, by 
striking out in the fifth line of the third section thereof 
the words " a Correspondent Secretary," and msertmg 

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14 THE NEW-YOEK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

in the place thereof the words, " a foreign corresponding 
secretary and domestic corresponding secretary." 

4. The said revived act is hereby further amended by 
striking out in the first part of the fifth section thereof the 
words, " That this act shall be and remain in full force for 
the term of fifteen years: Provided, nevertheless.^' 

5. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal this 
act. 

6. This act shall take effect immediately. 



CHARTER AND ACTS OF EXEMPTION. 



THE CHARTEU. 



The Charter of Tlie Neiv- York Historical Society, as revived 
continued 171 force and amended, February £?, IS4.6. 

Whereas the persons hereinafter named, and others, 
have formed themselves into an Association under the 
name of " The New- York Historical Society," for the 
purpose of discovering, procuring, and preserving what- 
ever may relate to the natural, civil, literary, and eccle- 
siastical history of the United States in general, and of 
this State in particular, and have presented a petition to 
the Legislature to be incorporated, that thereby such, the 
purpose and design of the said Society, may be the more 
effectually subserved and promoted; 

Therefore, 

§ I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of 
New Yokk, represented in the Senate and Assembly, 
That Egbert Benson, Brockholst Livingston, Benjamin 
Moore, Samuel Miller, William Johnson, Samuel L. 
Mitchill, David Hosack, John M. Mason, DeWitt Clin- 
ton, John McKesson, Anthony Bleecker, Charles Wilkes, 
John Pintard, and John Forbes, and their associates, who 
now are, and such other persons as shall hereafter become 
members of the said Society, shall be, and are hereby or- 
dained, constituted, and declared a body corporate and 
politic, in fact and name, by the name of " The New- 
York Historical Society," and that by such name they 
and their successors forever hereafter shall and may have 
succession, and by the same name be capable in law to sue 
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be an- 
swered unto, defend and be defended, in all courts of law 
and equity, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, and 
matters whatsoever; and that they and their successors 

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18 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

may have a common seal, and the same break, alter, 
change, and renew at their pleasure, and by the same be 
forever hereafter capable in the law to purchase, take, 
hold, receive, and enjoy, to them and their successors, 
any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels or 
estate, real and personal, of whatever nature or quality, in 
fee simple, for life or lives, or for years, or in any other 
manner whatsoever; but the clear yearly income of the 
said real and personal estate, over and above the Library 
and collections of the said Society, shall not at any time 
exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. 

§ 11. AiSD IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ENACTED, That they 

and their successors, by the same name, shall have power 
and authority to give, grant, bargain, sell, demise, release, 
and convey to others, the whole or any part of such real or 
personal estate on such terms, and in such manner and 
form as the said Society may deem eligible to subserve 
and promote such, the purpose and design of the said 
Society; and that they and their successors shall have 
power, from time to time, to abolish any of the offices or 
appointments hereinafter mentioned, and create others in 
their room, with such powers and duties as they may 
think fit to confer and prescribe, and shall have power 
from time to time to make, constitute, ordain, and estab- 
lish such constitutions, by-laws, ordinances, and regula- 
tions as they shall judge proper for the election of offi- 
cers, the election and adm^ission of new members, for the 
government and regulation of the officers and members, 
for fixing the times and places of the meetings of the said 
corporation, and for conducting, regulating, and manag- 
ing all the affairs and business of the said corporation; 
and the same from time to time to alter, change, repeal, 
revoke, and annul at their pleasure; and that the consti- 
tution and by-laws, rules and regulationg of the said So- 
ciety heretofore made and adopted, and now existing, 
shall and may remain in force until altered or repealed 
by the said corporation: Prorided, that such by-laws, con- 
stitutions and regulations, made or to be made by the said 



THE CHAETER. 19 

corporation, shall not be repgnant to the Constitution 
and laws of the United States, or of this State. 

§ III. And be it further enacted, that the officers 
of the said Society, until otherwise ordained by the said 
corporation, shall consist of one President, two Vice- 
Presidents, a Foreign Corresponding Secretary, a Do- 
mestic Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, 
a Treasurer, a Librarian, and standing Committee of 
seven members; and that until the next annual meeting 
of the said Society, and until others shall be chosen in 
their places, the present officers and committees last ap- 
pointed by the said Society shall be and continue respect- 
ively the officers of the said corporation. 

§ IV. And be it further enacted, that this act shall 
be and is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be 
construed most favorably to subserve and promote such, 
the purpose and design of the said Society, and that no 
misnomer of the said corporation, in any deed, will, tes- 
tament, gift, grant, demise, or other instrument of con- 
tract or conveyance, shall vitiate or defeat the same: Pro- 
vided the said corporation shall be sufficiently described 
to show the intention of the parties. 

§ V. And be it further enacted, that in case the 
aforesaid Society shall at any time appropriate their, or 
any part of their funds to any purpose or purposes other 
than those contemplated by this act, and shall be thereof 
convicted by due course of law, that thenceforth the said 
corporation shall cease and determine, and the estate, 
real and personal, whereof it may be seized and possessed, 
shall vest in the people of this State. 

§ VI. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal 
this act. 

§ VII. This act shall take effect immediately. 



ACT OF EXEMPTION. 



A?i Act to exempt the Lihrary edifice and site of The New- 
York Historical Society froiii sale under execidion. 
Passed April J2, 1866. 

The People of the State of New-York, represented 
IN Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 

§ 1. In case " The New- York Historical Society," in 
the City of New York, shall by voluntary contributions of 
its members and others, raise sufficient money for the 
purchase of a site in the City of New-Y^'ork, and the erec- 
tion thereon of a suitable fire-proof building for the re- 
ception and preservation of the library and collections, 
and for the general uses of said Society, and shall appro- 
priate said moneys for such purpose, then such site and 
the building which may be erected thereon shall be ex- 
empt from sale on execution for debts hereafter contract- 
ed by said Society, so long as such site shall be used by 
such Society; but such exemption shall not extend to any 
debt contracted for the erection of such building. 

§ 2. The said New-Y^ork Historical Society shall not 
encumber said property by mortgage or otherwise. 

§ 3. To entitle any property to the exemption speci- 
fied in this Act, the said Society shall execute a declara- 
tion of the uses of said property, with a particular de- 
scription of the same, which shall be recorded in the office 
of the register of the City and County of New York; but 
no property shall, by virtue of this act, be exempt from 
sale for non-payment of taxes and assessments, or for 
debt contracted for the purchase thereof, or prior to the 
recording of the aforesaid declaration. 

§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately. 

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SUPPLEMENTAL ACT OF EXEMPTION 



An Act Supplemental to Chapter 187 of the Laws of 1856 
entitled " An Act to exempt the Library edifice and site 
of The New-Yorh Jlistorical Society from sale tinder 
Lecutionr-Laws of Neic York, 1889, Chap. W- 

Approved by the Governor, June 13, 1889. Passed, 
three-fifths being present. 
The People of the State of NE^y-YoRK, represented 
IN Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 

^ 1 In case " The New-York Historical Society," in 
the City of New-York, shall, by voluntary contributions 
of its members and others, raise sufficient money for the 
purchase of a larger and more eligible site in the City oi 
New-York, and for the erection thereon of a more com- 
modious and extensive fire-proof building for the recep- 
tion and preservation of its library and collections, and 
for the general uses of said Society, and shall appropriate 
such money for said purposes, and shall execute a dec- 
laration of the uses of said property with a particular 
description of the same, and shall cause the said declai-a- 
tion to be recorded in the office of the register of the City 
and County of New-York, it is hereby authorized to sell 
and convey by deed, executed and acknowledged by its 
President and Secretary, the real estate and buildmg now 
held by it, and which were exempted from sale on exe- 
cution bv Chapter 187 of the Laws of 1856, entitled An 
Act to exempt the Library edifice and site of The_ New- 
York Historical Society from sale under execution ; 
and thereupon such new site and the building which may 
be erected thereon shall be exempt from sale on execu- 
tion for debts hereafter contracted by said Society, so 



22 NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

long as such site shall be used by such Society, but such 
exemption shall not extend to any debt contracted for the 
erection of such building. 

§ 2, The said Society is hereby authorized to hold 
such real and personal estate as may be necessary for the 
purposes of its incorporation, and such historical, literary, 
art, and archseological collections as it may acquire; but 
the yearly income of the said real and personal estate, 
over and above the sum which may be devoted to the in- 
crease and preservation of its library and collections, 
shall not at any time exceed the sum of one hundred thou- 
sand dollars. 

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately. 



BY-LAWS. 



BY-LAWS. 

NAME. 

T. The name of this Society is " The New- York His- 
torical Society." 

OBJECT. 

II. The object of the Society is to discover, procure, 
and preserve whatever may relate to the natural, civil, 
literary, and ecclesiastical history of the United States 
in general, and of the State of New York in particular. 
Also to establish and maintain collections in art and ar- 
chaeology. 

^MEMBERS, fellows, A:SB PATRONS. 

III. The Society shall consist of Members, Fellows, 
Patrons, and Honorary Members. Xot more than four 
Honorary Members shall be elected in any one year. 
Members, Fellows, and Patrons only shall be entitled to 
vote or hold office in the Society. 

ELECTION" OF MEMBERS, FELLOWS, AND PATRONS. 

IV. a. The candidates shall be proposed publicly at a 
meeting of the Society by a member thereof; and the 
nominations, together with the names of the members mak- 
ing them, shall be entered on the minutes, and be referred 
to the Executive Committee. The Reports of that Commit- 
tee recommending candidates for election shall be openly 
read to the Society at a meeting subsequent to that at which 
the nominations were made; and if any member demand a 
ballot, the election shall be by ballot, and three black balls 
shall exclude. If no ballot be demanded, the candidates, 
so recommended, shall be declared duly elected members 
of the Society. 

b. The contribution of five thousand dollars to the funds 
of the Society shall entitle the person giving the same to 
be nominated by the Executive Committee for election as 
a Patron of the Society, and such Patron shall have the 

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26 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

right in perpetuity with the privilege of appointing a suc- 
cessor. 

jS^o future appointment of a successor shall be valid un- 
less the same shall be in writing, endorsed on or attached 
to the certificate, or by last will or testament. Should 
neither of thc^se conditions be complied with, the Execu- 
tors or Administrators may nominate a successor, subject 
to the approval of the Executive Committee. 

c. The contribution of one thousand dollars shall entitle 
the person giving the same to be elected a Fellow for life. 
Patrons and Fellows shall be nominated by the Executive 
Committee. 

d. Any person may be nominated by the Executive Com- 
mittee to either of the above degrees who shall have given 
to the Society Books, Manuscripts, Collections of Art or 
Archaeology, wdiich shall have been accepted by the Execu- 
tive Committee, to the value of twice the amount in money 
requisite to his or her admission to the same degree, said 
value to be appraised by the Executive Committee, and 
the President and Secretary shall issue diplomas accord- 
ingly under the seal of the Society. 

FEES AND DUES. 

V. Each Member shall on admission pay an initiation 
fee of Twenty Dollars, which shall be considered to in- 
clude his annual dues for the current year; and annually 
thereafter Ten Dollars as dues, payable in advance on the 
first day of January. Any Member may commute for 
life all fees and dues by the payment at any one time of 
the sum of One Hundred Dollars. Should any Member, 
other than a life Member, fail to pay the said fees and 
dues for two years successively, or at any time refuse to 
pay the same, the Executive Committee shall erase his 
name from the list of Members, and he shall no longer 
be a Member of the Society. 

OFFICERS. 

YI. The Officers of the Society are — a President, a 
First Vice-President, a Second Vice-President, a Foreign 



BY-LAWS. 27 

Corresponding Secretary, a Domestic Corresponding Sec- 
retary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Li- 
brarian. 

They shall be elected annually by ballot, and shall hold 
their offices respectively for one year, and until others 
shall be chosen in their places. 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE. 

VII. Seven persons on the list of Members of the So- 
ciety, not holding office at the time, shall be chosen by 
ballot by the Executive Committee at its stated meeting 
in each November, who shall be reported to the Society at 
each December meetmg, and when approved by a vote by 
ballot of the Society shall constitute a committee to be 
known as the " IsTominating Committee." Such Nomi- 
nating Committee shall report in writing the names of 
Members of the Society, suitable to be elected officers at 
the annual meeting, fifteen days before such annual meet- 
ing, by posting such names publicly in the Library of the 
Society; and they shall cause to be prepared fo" the an- 
nual meeting ballots containing the names and che office 
for which each is thus recommended. No ticket for offi- 
cers shall be voted on which has not been openly posted 
in the Library of the Society at least ten days before the 
annual meeting. 

In case more than one ballot for a Nominating Com- 
mittee be required to effect a choice, the same shall be 
taken immediately without discussion. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

VIII. The President, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, 
and Librarian, together with twelve other members to be 
appointed by the President, and of whom one-fourth shall 
be appointed every year, shall constitute a standing Com- 
mittee to be called " The Executive Committee." 

ANNUAL MEETING. 

IX. The Society shall hold an annual meeting on the 
first Tuesday of January in each and every year hereafter. 



28 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

at Avliich a general election of officers by ballot shall take 
place. In sncli election a majority of the ballots given 
for any officer shall constitute a choice; but if, on the first 
ballot, no person shall receive such majority, then a fur- 
ther balloting shall take place, in which a plurality of 
votes given for any officer shall determine the choice. 

Whenever the first Tuesday of January shall be the 
first day of January, the annual meeting above provided 
for shall be held on the Wednesday next following. 

VACANCIES. 

X. If a vacancy shall happen in any of the offices of 
the Society, it may be filled by special election at a stated 
meeting of the Society; and the person so elected to fill a 
vacancy shall hold his office for the unexpired term of 
his immediate predecessor in office, and until another 
shall be elected in his place. Vacancies in Committees 
shall be filled immediately on their occurrence, and in 
the manner of the original appointment of the Commit- 
Uie. 

STATED AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. 

.XI. The Society shall meet statedly for the transaction 
of business at its Building, on the first Tuesday in every 
month, unless otherv;ise specially ordered. But the Pres- 
ident, or, in his absence, either of the Vice-Presidents, 
may, and upon the written request of any five members 
shall, call a special meeting, giving three days' notice 
thereof, to be published in at least two public newspapers, 
printed in the City of New York. 

Whenever the first Tuesday of any month shall be a 
legal holiday, the meeting herein provided for shall be 
held on the Wednesday next following. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

XII. At the stated meetings of the Society the follow- 
ing shall be the order of business: 

1. The reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 

2. Reports and communications from officers of the 
Societv. 



BY-LAWS. 29 

3. Reports of the Executive and other standing Com- 
mittees. 

4. Reports of special Committees. 

5. Election of members previously proposed. 

6. l^omination of new members. 

7. Papers read and addresses delivered before the So- 
ciety. 

8. Miscellaneous business. 

ANNIVERSARY. 

XIII. The third Tuesday of iSTovember in each year, 
being the anniversary of the founding of the Society, the 
Executive Committee may direct a proper observance of 
the same. 

QUORUM. 

XIV. At all meetings of the Society, fifteen members 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

PRESIDING OFFICER. 

XV. The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice- 
Presidents, or, in their absence, a Chairman pro tempore, 
shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and shall have 
a casting vote. He shall preserve order, and shall decide 
all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Society. 
He shall also appoint all Committees authorized by the 
Society, unless otherwise specially ordered. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. 

XVI. The Corresponding Secretaries shall conduct the 
general correspondence of the Society. They shall, at 
every meeting of the Society, report such letters and com- 
munications as they may have received; they shall pre- 
pare all letters to be written in connection with the busi- 
ness or objects of the Society, and transmit the same; but 
the Society may appoint a Committee to prepare a letter 
or letters, on any special occasion. They shall notify all 
members of their election, and of such other matters as 
they shall be directed by the Society; and shall transmit 
to them their proper diplomas, or certificates of member- 
ship. They shall keep, in suitable books to be provided 



30 THE XEW-YOKK HISTOEICAL SOCIETY. 

for that purpose, true copies of all letters written on be- 
half of the Society; and shall carefully preserve said cop- 
ies and the originals of all letters and communications re- 
ceived, and shall deposit the same in the Library. 

The duties of the Foreign Corresponding Secretary 
shall be limited to the correspondence with individuals 
or associate bodies in foreign countries; and those of the 
Domestic Corresponding Secretary shall, in like manner, 
be confined to the United States, except that, in the ab- 
sence of either of these officers, or during a vacancy in 
either ofiSce, its duties shall be performed by the remain- 
ing incumbent, until such absence shall terminate, or the 
vacancy be supplied. 

RECORDING SECRETARY. 

XYII. The Recording Secretary shall have the charge 
of the Seal, Charter, By-Laws, and Records of the Soci- 
ety. He, together with the presiding officer, shall certify 
all acts of the Society. He shall, under the direction of 
the President, or either of the Vice-Presidents, give due 
notice of the time and place of all meetings of the So- 
ciety, and attend the same. He shall keep fair and accu- 
rate records of all the proceedings and orders of the So- 
ciety; and shall give notice to the several officers, and to 
the Executive and other Committees, of all votes, orders, 
resolves, and proceedings of the Society, affecting them 
or appertaining to their respective duties. 

TREASURER. 

XVIIL The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds 
and securities of the Society; and so often as these funds 
shall amount to one hundred dollars, they shall be de- 
posited in some Bank in this City to the credit of " The 
New- York Historical Society," and shall be drawn thence 
on the check of the Treasurer, for the purposes of the So- 
ciety only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums 
only as may be ordered by the Society or by the Execu- 
tive Committee. He shall keep a true account of his re- 
ceipts and payments, and at each annual meeting render 



BY-LAWS. 31 

the same to the Society, when a Committee shall be ap- 
pointed to audit his accounts. 

XIX. If from the annual report of the Treasurer there 
shall appear to be a balance against the Treasury, no 
appropriation of money shall be made for any object but 
the necessary current expenses of the Society, until such 
balance shall be paid. 

LIBRAEIAN. 

XX. The Librarian, in connection with the Executive 
Committee, shall have the charge and superintendence 
of the Library, and the care and arrangement of the 
books, manuscripts, and other articles belonging to the 
Society. He shall cause to be prepared and kept a 
proper catalogue and list of the same. He shall acknowl- 
edge the receipt of donations to the Society in his de- 
partment. He shall expend in the purchase of books and 
other articles, and for their safe keeping and preserva- 
tion, with the approbation of the Executive Committee, 
such sums of money as shall from time to time be ap- 
propriated for that purpose, and render vouchers for the 
same to the Executive Committee. Lie shall make to 
the Society, at each annual meeting, a full report on the 
condition and progress of the Library and collections. 
He shall have power to employ, at a salary to be fixed 
by the Executive Committee, an Assistant Librarian, who 
shall be under his direction, and perform such duties as 
he may assign; and who, during the hours at which the 
Library is open, shall be always present. 

LIBEARY REGULATIONS. 

XXI. The following shall be the regulations for the 
use of the Library: 

1. Xo book or manuscript shall at any time be lent 

to any person to be removed from the Library. 

2. Xo Manuscript in the Library, nor any paper read 

before the Society and deposited in its archives, 
shall be published, except by the direction of the 



32 THE .\ew-Y()i:k histukical society. 

Society, or with the consent of the Executive 
Committee. 

3. The hours during whicli the Library shall be open 

shall be determined, from time to time, by the 
Executive Committee. 

4. During such hours, any member of the Society may 

have free access to consult any book or manu- 
script, except such as may be designated by the 
Executive Committee, and to make extracts from 
the same under the authority of the Librarian. 
Any person, not a member, may obtain the like 
privilege of consultation from the President or 
Librarian, if known to them, or upon the recom- 
mendation of some other member, to whom the 
applicant is known. But no person, not a mem- 
ber, shall be permitted to make extracts from the 
manuscripts of the Society, excepting the donors 
or depositors of the same, without special au- 
thority from the Executive Committee. 

5. It shall be the duty of the Librarian, or his Assist- 

ant, to report to the Executive Committee any 
injury done to any book or manuscript by any 
person consulting the same; and the said Com- 
mittee may, at their discretion, lay such reports 
before the Society. Eor any such injury, the 
person doing it shall make such pecuniary com- 
pensation as the said Committee shall judge 
proper; and if he be not a member, the Commit- 
tee shall have power to prohibit him from fur- 
ther access to the Library. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

XXII. It shall be the duty of the Executive Commit- 
tee to solicit and receive donations for the Society; to 
recommend plans for promoting its objects; to digest and 
prepare business; to authorize the disbursement and ex- 
penditure of unappropriated moneys in the Treasury, for 
the payment of salaries, current expenses, fitting up the 



BY-LAWS. ^^ 



Library, the ordinary purchase of books, binding, print- 
ing, and other necessary outlays. They shall have power 
to employ such persons as may be necessary for the proper 
administration of the affairs of the Society; and to pre- 
scribe their duties, and fix their salaries. They shall, m 
connection with the Librarian, have charge of the ar- 
rangement and regulation of the Library and collections; 
and shall have authority at any time to examme mto the 
condition of the same, and into the state of the finances; 
as also generally to superintend the interests of the bo- 
ciety, and execute all such duties as may from time to 
. time be committed to them by the Society. At each an- 
nual meeting of the Society, they shall make a general re- 
port Except during the summer vacation of the bociety, 
they shall meet statedly for the transaction of business, 
once at least, in every month; and if any member of the 
Committee, not an officer of the Society, shal be absen 
from its meetings for three successive months, without 
reasons therefor satisfactory to the Committee his p ace 
on the Committee shall be vacated, which fact shall be 
reported by the Committee to the Society. 

At all meetings of the Executive Committee, five mem- 
bers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 
ness. 

NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON COMMITTEES. 

XXIII All Committees of the Society, other than the 
Executive Committee and Xommating Committee, shall 
be composed of three members, unless otherwise specially 
ordered. 

ALTERATIOX OF BY-LAWS. 

XXIV No alteration in the By-Laws of the Society 
shall be made, unless such alteration shall have been open- 
ly proposed at a previous meeting, and entered on he 
Minutes, with the name of the member P-P--g ^^^ 
same; and shall be adopted by a majority of the mem- 
bers present at a stated meeting of the Society. 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE 
COMMITTEE. 

1903. 



Library, 170 Second Avenue, 

Xew-York, February 2, lUO-i. 
In transmitting von a copy of the Annual Report of 
tlie Executive Committee for the year 1903, I beg leave to 
call your attention to the paragraph on page 38 in regard to 
membership. 

It is very desirable to maintain in full and efficient 
strength the roll of Members, which is constantly dimin- 
ished by the decease of many of our oldest and best citizens, 
heretofore identified with the history, progress, and pros- 
perity of the Society. 

By order of the Committee, 

Sydney IT. Carney, Jr., 

Rccordinq i^fcrclari/. 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE 
COxAlMITTEE. 

1903. 



New York, January 5, 190i. 

In accordance with the By-Laws, the Executive Com- 
mittee of The New York Historical Society submits here- 
with its Annual Eeport for the year 1903. 

During the past year the Society held ten stated meet- 
ings, at which the following papers were read : 

January 6. — Annual meeting. Keports of the Execu- 
tive Committee, Treasurer, and Librarian, and election of 
officers. 

February 3. — "Amusements in Colonial Times," by 
Dr. Sydney H. Carney, Jr. 

March 3. — "Nathanael Greene, Man and Patriot," by 
Miss Mary Y. Worstell. 

^pril 7. — "The Men of the Eevolution as Constitution- 
Makers, 1774-1789," by Prof. Henry P. Johnston. 

]5^ay 5.— "The Eeal Captain Kidd," by Mr. Charles 
F. Wingate. 

June 2.— "New York Fifty Years Ago," by Mr. W. I. 
Scandlin. 

October 6. — "Greenwich Village and Landmarks in its 
Vicinity," by Mr. Thomas J. Burton. 

November 4. — "Chelsea Village and its Surroundings," 
by Mr. William S. Pelletreau. 

November 17. — Ninety-ninth Anniversary of the 
Founding of the Society. "The Genius of the Cosmopoli- 
tan City," by Mr. Hamilton W. Mabie. 

December 1. — "Yorkville Village and its Landmarks," 
by Mr. Frank W. Crane. 

With the idea of accentuating the approach of the cen- 

37 



38 THE NEW- YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

tennial of the founding of the Society, the Librarian has 
outlined a series of papers, beginning with the October 
meeting, on the villages of Manhattan Island, illustrated 
by the stereopticon. This will be followed by another illus- 
trated series of historic parts of the city. 

Eighty-two persons were elected to membership in the 
Society during the year. At the present time there are 
1,080 members, of whom 170 are honorary, 523 life, and 
387 pay annual dues. 

The Committee earnestly urge the necessity of enlarg- 
ing the roll of members. For many years the loss to the 
Society occasioned by the death of early members, has not 
been restored by the election of a sufficient number to fill 
the vacancies; it is requested that each member nominate 
at least one candidate. During the past year the Com- 
mittee held fifteen stated meetings. 

In 1882, 158 j^aintings, designated as the " Durr Col- 
lection," comprising works of art in the collection of the 
late Mr. Louis Durr, were presented to the Society by his 
executors, in accordance with the terms expressed in his 
last will, the remainder being sold to provide a fund for the 
increase of the collection. The Society received on January 
7th last the sum of $8,742.12, representing the amount of 
said sale and interest. The Committee has set apart the 
sum of $8,000.00 of the above sum for the increase of the 
collection, to be known as the '*Durr Gallery Fund." 

The celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth An- 
niversary of the Establishment of ]\Iunicipal Government 
of this City (February 2, 1903) was ordered by the Mayor 
to be held during the last week of May. The Society cele- 
brated the event by an exhibition, from May 16th to May 
29th, of its colonial broadsides, New^ York prints, and rare 
books relating to the colonial history of the city. The ex- 
hibit contained about two hundred and fifty views and an 
equal number of broadsides, the greater part of the latter 
referring to the troublous times immediately preceding the 
Revolution. 

On June 2d the Societv amended Section III of the 



EEPOKT OF THE EXECITTIVE COMMITTEE. 39 

By-Laws, to constitute a new order of membership to be 
known as Patrons and Fellows. 

The Treasurer's report shows a statement of the careful 
and wise management of the funds of the Society. The in- 
stitution has no debts, no mortgages upon its land, buildings, 
or collections. 

The income during the year from all sources for gen- 
eral purposes was $15,041.95, and the expenditures were 
$10,466.48. The receipts comprise fees of initiations, life 
membership, annual dues of members, and interest from 
the investment of: ' 

1. The Eugene Augusttis Hoffman Memorial Fund, 
$47,500. The legacy of Dean Hoffman, 1902, late Presi- 
dent of the Society. 

Also from the following permanent funds, bequests to 
the Society without restrictions and kept intact as memo- 
rials to their founders: 

2. The Isaiah Thomas Fund. The legacy of Isaiah 
Thomas, of Worcester, Mass., in 1832, $300. 

3. The EUzaheth DemUt Fund. The legacy of Miss 
Elizabeth Demilt, of New York, in 1849, $5,000. 

4. The Seth Grosvenor Fund. The legacy of Setli 
Grosvenor, of 'New York, in 1858, $10,000. 

5. The David E. Wheeler Fund. The legacy of David 
E. Wheeler, of New York, in 1870, $1,000. 

6. The Thomas Barron Fund. The legacy of Thomas 
Barron, of New York, in 1875, $10,000. 

7. TJte Richard E. Mount Fund. The legacy of Rich- 
ard E. Mount, of New York, in 1880, $1,000. 

8. The Edicard Bill Fund. The legacy of Edward 
Bill, of New York, in 1884, $5,000. 

9. The Augustus Schell Fund. The legacy of Augus- 
tus Schell, of New York, in 1884, $5,000. 

10. The Mary Rogers Fund. The legacy of Mrs. 
Charles H. Rogers, of New York, in 1891, $1,000. 

11. The James Franeis Evans Fund. The legacy of 
Captain James Francis Evans, of New York, in 1893, 
$1,000. 



40 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

12. The Ilcnrij KetcJtas Fund. The legacy of Henry 
Keteltas, of Kew York, in 1898, $5,000. 

13. The Charles P. Dali/ Fund. The legacy of Charles 
P. Daly, of l^ew York, in 1900, $5,000; and ' 

14. The Maria Branson Mount Fund. The legacy of 
Miss Maria Branson Monnt, of New York, in 1901, 
$1,000. 

Making an aggregate of $97,800, the interest of which 
is applicable to the general purposes of the Society. The 
Society possesses, in addition, the following special 
funds : 

15. TJte John Dicine Jones Fund. Founded by John 
Divine Jones, of New York, in 1879, for the publication 
and sale by the Society of works relating to the early history 
of New York and other American Provinces. This fund 
now amounts to $4,070.66. 

16. The Fund of the Sons of Rhode Island, the gift 
of the Association in New York known by that name during 
the Civil War, presented in 1866, and devoted to the pur- 
chase of works for the Library relating to the history of 
Ehode Island, $600. 

17. The Stephen 'Whitney Phwnix Fund. The be- 
quest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, of New York, in 1882, 
for the maintenance and increase of the Phoenix Collection 
of Heraldry and Genealogy, $15,000. 

18. The Puhlication Fund. Established by the Soci- 
ety in 1858, for the publication of its Proceedings and Col- 
lections. Of the shares of the capital stock of this Fund, 
limited in number to 1,000, 825 have been sold up to the 
present time, as follows: 750 shares were sold prior to June 
6, 1866, at $25 per share; subsequently the price of shares 
was advanced to $50, when thirty shares were sold at the 
latter figure; the price of shares was again advanced, Jan- 
uary 1, 1883, to $100 per share, since then forty-five shares 
have been sold, realizing $24,750, the interest of which is 
used for the publication of each successive volume. Orig- 
inally this fund drew 7 per cent.; with the present rate of 
interest it draws 4^ per cent. The cost of publishing the 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 41 

Yolumes is expensive, hence tlie delay in issuing the publi- 
cations. 

The Committee begs leave to call attention to the fact 
that there remains in the Treasury 175 shares of the capital 
stock of the Fund. It is desired to increase the capital of 
the Fund by their sale, to insure the publication of the vol- 
umes more promptly. They are offered (every share being 
entitled to a complete set of twenty-eight volumes of Collec- 
tions already issued) at the low price of $100 each. These 
shares are transferable, and entitle the holder to one copy 
of each successive annual volume of the series; no smgle 
volumes can be purchased separately. No investment could 
be more desirable, as the purchaser acquires a most impor- 
tant series of volumes relating to the history of America 
not to be obtained in any other way, as the publications are 
the dividends earned by the stock, and are deliverable only 
to stockholders. 

The twenty-eight volumes issued contain the followmg 

valuable material: 

Vol. I. (1868) The Continuation of Chalmers's Political 
Annals of the American Colonies, 1685- 
1696. The Colden Letters on Smith's 
History of New York, 1Y59-1760. 
Documents relating to the Administra- 
tion of Jacob Leisler, 1689-1769. 
Vol II (1869) The Clarendon Papers, relating to New 
York and New England, 1662-1667. 
The Destruction of Schenectady, 1690. 
Montague's Arguments on Acts of New 
York Assembly, 1701. Colden's Let- 
ter on Smith's History of New York, 
1759. Plowden's New Albion, 1632- 
1650. Gardiner's History of East 
Hampton, New^ York, 1798. Collection 
of Evidence and Vindication of the 
Eights of New^ York to the New 
Hampshire Grants. 



42 



THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. 
Vol. 
Vol. 
Vol. 


IV. (1871)^ 

V. (1872) 

VI. (1873) 

VII. (1874) 


Vol. 


VIII. (1875) 



Vol. 
Vol. 



IX. 
X. 



(1876) 
(1877) 



Vol. III. (1870) Territorial Eights of Xew York against 
the Government of ISTew Hampshire, a 
brief, by James Duane. Old New 
York and Trinity Church, 1730-1790. 
Sermon by the Rev. Francis Makemie, 
1707. 



The Papers of jMajor-General Charles 
Lee, 1754-1811. 



Letters of General Pattison, Com- 
mandant of New York City, 1779- 
1780. Letters to General Lewis 
Morris, 1775-1782. 
Official Letter-Books of Lieutenant- 
Governor Cadwalader Colden, 
1760-1775. 

Vol. XL (1878) Papers of Charles Thomson, Secretary 
of the Continental Congress, 1765- 
1816. Letters of Colonel Armand, 
1777-1791. Letters to Robert Mor- 
ris, 1775-1782. 
Vol. XII. (1879) Trial of General Schuyler, 1778. Trial 
of General Robert Howe, 1781. 
Journal of Commissary Rainsford, 
enlistment of Hessian Troops, 1776- 
1778. 
Vol. XIII. (1880) Trial of General St. Clair, 1778. 
Journal of Occurrences at Quebec, 
1775-1776. Case of William At- 
wood. Chief Justice of Xew York, 
1703. Yescy's Sermon in Trinity 
Church, at the Funeral of Lord 
Lovelace, 1709. Letter of Dom- 
inie Michaelius, First Minister in 
Xew Xetherland, 1628. Records 
of the Court of Lieutenancy, Xew 
York Militia, 1686-1696. 



EEPOKT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



43 



Vol. XIV. (1881) Journals of the Engineer officers, 
Colonel James and Captain John 
Montressor, of services in America, 
1757-1778. 
Vol. XV. (1882) Journal of Lieutenant Von Kraift, of 
the Hessian Army, 1776-1784. 
Letter-Book of Captain Alexander 
McDonald, of the Koyal Highland 
Emigrants, 1775-1779. 
Papers of Lieutenant - Colonel 
Stephen Kemble, Adjutant-Gen- 
eral of the British Army in 
America, Journals and Corre- 
spondence, 1775-1789. Gen- 
eral Orders of the British Army 
in America, 1775-1778. Jour- 
nals, Documents, and Correspon- 
dence of the Expedition to Xica- 
ragua, 1780-1781. 
The Burgher Eight and Koll of 
Burghers of Xew Amsterdam, 
1648-1661: Eoll of Freedom of 
New York City, 1675-1866. 
Register of Indentures of Ap- 
prentices of Xew York City, 
1694-1708. 



Vol. 
Vol. 



XVI. 
XVII. 



(1883) 
(1884) 



Vol. XVIIL (1885) 



The Deane Papers, Correspon- 
dence, Official and Private, of 
Silas Deane, 1774-1789. 



Vol. XIX. (1886) 

Vol. XX. (1887) 

Vol XXL (1888) - 

Vol. XXIL (1889) I 

Vol. XXIII. (1890) J 

Vol. XXIV. (1891) Muster Rolls of Xew York Pro- 
vincial Troops, 1755-1764. 

Vol. XXV. (1892) Abstracts of Wills on file in the 

Surrogate's Office, City of Xew 
York, 1665-1707. 

Vol. XXVI. (1893) Same, 1708-1729, with Appendix. 



44: THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

Vol. XXVII. (1894) Same, 1730-1744. 
Vol. XXVIII. (1895) Same, 1744-1753. 
Vol. XXIX. (189G) Same, 1754- . In press. 

19. The Durr GaUery Fund, 1903. For the main- 
tenance and increase of the Durr Gallery, $8,000.00. 

And 20. TJic Building Fund. The Committee take 
pleasure in announcing that the foundations for the central 
portion of the new building on Central Park West, Seventy- 
sixth to Seventy-seventh Streets, have been completed. 

On Xovember 17th, the Officers, Members, and Guests 
assembled at two o'clock, for the piu'pose of witnessing the 
laying of the corner-stone of the Society's new building. 

Upon the request of the President, the Rev. Charles 
Edward Brugler delivered the Invocation. 

The President in a short address, reviewed the history 
of the Society from its foundation in 1804, and read a list 
of the articles and publications in the copper box to be 
placed in the comer-stone. 

The comer-stone was then laid by the Hon. Seth Low, 
LL.D., Mayor of the City of Xew York. 

After the ceremonies the assembly adjourned to the 
Lecture Hall of the American Museum of Xatural History 
to celebrate the Xinety-ninth Anniversary of the Founding 
of the Society. 

The address was delivered by Mr. Hamilton W. Mabie, 
the subject being "The Genius of the Cosmopolitan 
City." 

The exercises concluded wdth the Benediction pro- 
nounced by the Rev. Alexander Hamilton. 

The Committee in congratulating the Members upon 
having reached this important point in the history of the 
Society, would further report that in order to erect the first 
story of the new building, it will be necessary to obtain 
further subscriptions amounting to at least Fifty Thousand 
Dollars. 

The balances to the credit of the Societv are as follows: 




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REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 45 

I. In the Lincoln Trust Company. An- 
nual dues, interest, etc., for current expenses. $4,575 47 

II. In the Lincoln Trust Company. In- 
terest of the Phoenix Fund 165 09 

III. In the Lincoln Trust Company. 

Durr Gallery Fund 1,161 12 

IV. In the jSTew York Life Insurance 

and Trust Company. Publication Fund. ... 1,932 19 
Y. In the New York Life Insurance and 

Trust Company. John Divine Jones Fund . . 4,070 66 
YI. In the Central Trust Company. 

Building Fund 101,194 02 

The report of the Librarian shows an increase during 
the past year of 3,951 volumes of books, 7,254 pamphlets, 
93 bound volumes and 1,176 numbers of old newspapers, 
13 volumes and 53 separate manuscripts, 368 separate 
maps, 193 broadsides, 175 lithographs, and 64 engravings. 
The Phoenix Collection of Heraldry and Genealogy has 
been increased by purchase and donation 105 volumes, 118 
pamphlets, and 12 charts. 

The Library of the Society now contains over one hun- 
dred thousand volumes, besides large collections of pam- 
phlets, maps, newspapers, and manuscripts. It is especially 
rich in material relating to American History, the great 
value of which is attested by their daily use. 

The Gallery of Art has been enriched by the addition 
of the following paintings, presented by the children of the 
artist, Asher B. Durand, through Mr. John Durand : 

"Landscape Sunset," the last picture painted by the 
artist; "Two Studies from ISJ'ature," painted before 1834; 
"Ideal Head" ; "Portraits," three children, with landscape 
accessories, painted about 1834; "Landscape Sunday Morn- 
ing," painted 1839; "II Pappagallo," painted from a model 
in Eome, 1840; also a portrait of Asher B. Durand, painted 
by William Jewett, 1825; and "A Dream of Arcadia," by 
Thomas Cole. A portrait of Philip W. Engs was pre- 
sentel by his grandson, Mr. Henry A. Bostwick. To the 



46 THE NEW-YORK HISTOEICAL SOCIETY. 

Durr Gallery has been added by purchase '"The Palisades, 
]^ew Jersey/' and "View near Fishkill, Xew York," orig- 
inal water-colors by William G. Wall. 

The Gallery now contains 890 paintings, of which 197 
form the nucleus of an American portrait gallery, and 64 
pieces of sculpture. The Collection includes that of the 
Xew York Gallery of Fine Arts, which came into its pos- 
session in 18.58, through the exertions of the late Jonathan 
Sturges; the pictures of the American Art Union, the cele- 
brated Bryan Gallery of Old Masters, presented by the late 
Thomas J. Bryan in 1867; the Durr Collection, presented 
by the executors of the late Louis Durr, in 1882. The 
Gallery is also enriched by the original water-colors pre- 
pared by Audubon for his work on Natural History. 

The collection in the Department of Antiquities em- 
braces the Abbott Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, pur- 
chased for the Society in 1859, and the jSTineveh Sculptures, 
presented by the late James Lenox in 1857. 

The efforts of the Society in promoting the cultivation 
of letters and art, and in contributing to the historical liter- 
atvire of the country, are evinced in its records, and attested 
in its reputation. The faithful administration of its finances 
has been followed to the present time. The permanent 
funds have been kept intact as memorials of their founders, 
and the annual reports have shown the institution to be 
without debts or any encumbrance, without mortgages on 
its buildings or collections, and with a balance in the treas- 
ury. 

The Committee therefore feel assured that the Members 
and friends of the Society will now emphasize by their sub- 
stantial aid their approval of the Society's purpose of pro- 
viding in its new edifice a permanent home of art and learn- 
ing which will be an influential agent for the instruction 
and enjoyment of the public and an ornament and honor 
to the city. 

Daniel Parish, Jr., 

Chairman Executive Committee. 



ABSTRACT OF TREASURER'S 
REPORT. 

1903. 



AHSTRACT OF TREASURERS 
REPORT. 

1903. 



General Account: 

Balance Jan. 1st, 1903.. $ 3,452 17 

Receipts for 1903 11,589 78 

$15,0-11 95 

Payments for 1903 10,466 48 

Balance in Lincoln Trust Co 



Phcenix Fund (Interest) : 

Receipts 

Payments 

Balance in Lincoln Trust Co. 



$744 61 
579 52 



Publication Fund: 

Receipts and Principal $14,221 34 

Payments 12,289 15 

Balance in New York Life Insurance & Trust Co. 

Durr Gallery Fund: 

Receipts, Principal and Interest $8,994 62 

Payments 7,833 50 

Balance in Lincoln Trust Co 



$4,575 47 



165 09 



1.932 19 



1,161 12 



Investment of Funds. 
Grosvenor Fund: 

Bond and Mortgage, at 5 per cent $6,000 00 

" " at 4 per cent 1 ,000 00 

-' '■ at 4i per cent 3,000 00 



Barron Fund: 

Demilt Fund 

Bill Fund 

Schell Fund 

Wheeler Fund " 

Thomas Fund " 

Sons of R. I. 

Daly Fund 

Maria Branson Mount Fund 

Richard E. Mount Fund 

Rogers Fund " 

Keteltas Fund " 



Bond and Mortgage, at 4^ per cent. 
" "at 4^ per cent. 

" " at 4^ per cent. 

" " at 4^ per cent. 

" " at 5 percent. 

" " at 5 per cent. 

" " at 5 percent. 

at 4^ per cent. 

at 4h per cent. 

at 4^ per cent. 

at 5 per cent. 

at 4 per cent. 



Evans Fund: Bond of Forty-second Street, Manhattanville 

& St. Nicholas Avenue li. R. Co., at 6 per cent 

48 



$10,000 00 

10,000 00 
5,000 00 
5,000 00 
5,000 00 
1,000 00 
300 00 
600 00 
5,000 00 
1,000 00 
1,000 00 
1,000 00 
5,000 00 

1,000 00 



ABSTEACT OF TREASURER'S REPORT. 49 

Jones Fund: 

Bond and Mortgage, at 5 per cent $1 ,750 00 

In New York Life Insurance (t Trust Co . 2,320 66 

'■ $4,070 66 

Durr Gallery Fund: 

Bond and Mortgage at 4^ per cent 7500 00 

Publication Fund: 

Bond and Mortgage, at 5 per cent $11,350 00 

" " at 4 percent 1,000 00 

" at 4^ per cent 1,000 00 

" at 4i per cent 11,000 00 

24,350 00 

The Eugene Augustus Hoffman Memorial Fund: 

Bond and Mortgage, at 4^ per cent 47,500 00 

Phoenix Fund: 

Bond and Mortgage, at 4^ per cent 15,000 00 

Building Fund in Central Trust Co $101,194 02 

Total $258,348 55 

CHARLES A. SHERMAN, 

Treasurer. 



MEMBERS OF 

THE NEAV-YORK HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY. 

FEBRUARY, 1903. 



At an annual meeting of the Society held on Tuesday 
evening, January 5, 1904, the following resolutions were 
adopted : 

Resolved, That the contributors of Five Thousand Dol- 
lars to the fund for the purchase of the Society's property 
on Central Park West, or to the ''Building Fund," be and 
hereby are elected Patrons of the Society. It is further 

Resolved, That the contributors of One Thousand Dol- 
lars for the same object be and hereby are elected Fellows 
of the Society. 

Extract from the minutes. 

Sydney H. Carney, Jr., 
Recording Secretary. 



PATRONS. 



.> Bruce, Catherine Wolfe. 
Bruce, Matilda Wolfe. 
Clark, Alfred Corning-. 
^ HolTmann, Rev. Eugene 

gust us. 
Huntington, Archer ]Milton. 
>J.Jones, John Divine. 
Kennedy, John S. 
•I' King' John Alsop. 
Morgan. J. Pierpont. 
Mount, Charlotte A. 



Mount, Susan. 
Schell, Mrs. Augustus. 
Schell, F. Robert. 
Au- ►:« Schell, Robert. 

^Sehermerhorn, William C. 
Sherman, Charles A. 
^ Stuart, Mrs. Robert L. 
Thompson, Mrs. Frederick F. 
Vanderbilt. Cornelius. 
Vanderbilt, George W. 

►f- Deceased. 



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FELLOWS. 



T. 



Astov, William Waldorf. 
Auchmuty, :SIis. Kichavd 
4. Austin.' William. 
Avery. Samuel P. 
^.Babeotk, Samuel D. 
Baker, George F. 
Banyer, Goldsborougli. 
Beekman, Gerard. 
Billings, Frederick . 
Bliss, Cornelius N. 
4. Bliss, George. 
Clark, Edward S. 
^Constable, James M. 
Cook, Henry H. 
Cutting. R. Fulton. 
Cuttino, W. Bayard. 

.J. Delano, Franklin H. 

^Dows, David. 

^Dubois, Abrain, M.D. 

Ely, Ambrose K. 

Fahnestock, Harris C. 

^.Fayerweather. Daniel 

.J- Field, Benjamin H. 

.fiFish, Nicholas. 

Greene, ]SIartin E. 

Greenwood, Isaac J. 

^Herrman, Henry. 

Herrman. Mrs. Henry. 

^Hofi-mann, Mrs. Charles Fred- 
erick. 

Hoffman, Mrs. Eugene 
^Hovt. Charles A. 
^Huntington, Colhs P. 
Iselin, Adrian. 
Isham. William B. 
Jackson, Theodore F. 
Jackson, William H. 



B. 



Augustus. 



Jesup, Mrs. IVIorris K. 
^Kennedv, Rachel L. 
King. Mary Rhinelander. 
Langdon, Woodbury G. 
Lanier, Charles. 
Lawton, Mrs. James M. 
^Livingston. Robert J. 
.J-Marquand, Henry G. 
:\lills. Darius 0. 
:Morton, Levi P. 
Parish, Daniel, jr. 
Parsons, Mrs. John E. 
I'hipps, Henry. 
Phoenix, Lloyd. 
Phoenix, Phillips. 
4. Potter. Orlando B. 

4.Pvne. Percy R. 

i^ Pvhinelander, Julia. 

Rhinelander. Serena. 

^Rogers, Mrs. Charles H. 

Skidmore, William L. 

Sloan, Samuel. 

Sloane, William D. 

Speyer, James. 

^Stewart, David. 

Stokes, Caroline Phelps. 

Storm, Clarence. 

Sturges, Frederick. 

Thome, Phebe Anna. 

^Tiffany, Charles L. 

Til ford, Frank. 

Vanderbilt, William K. 

Yon Post, Herman C. 

^Weekes, John A. 

White. ^Irs. Joseph M. 

4. Williams, George G. 

.j.\Vinthrop, Robert. 



.{. Deceased. 



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ANNUAL AND LIFE MEMBERS. 

FEBRUARY, 1904. 



tAbbe, Cleveland 1880 

tAbbe, ills. Robert 1897 

tAbeel, George 1896 

tAdee, George Augustus. . . .1857 

tAdee, Philip H 1857 

tAldrich, ilrs. James Her- 
man 1902 

t Alexander, Charles Beatty,1896 
Alexander, John Franklin. . 1871 

Anderson, John, jr 1902 

t Andrews, Blanche L 1887 

t Andrews, James B 1857 

t Andrews, William L 1857 

Anjou, Gu.stave 1903 

tAppleby, Charles E 1857 

■^^tAstor," William Waldorf. .1879 
'^tAuchmutj^, Mrs. Rich- 
ard T 1901 

§t Avery, Samuel P 1885 

Avery, Samuel P., jr 1903 

Avery, Walter T 1879 

Aymar, Benjamin 1898 

Ayres, Steven Beckwith 1902 



tBabcock, Seth G 1855 

tBacon, Charlotte V 1888 

Bacon, Leon Brooks 1902 

Baker, Charles, jr 1903 

Baker, Frederic 1898 

^Baker. George F 1879 

Balch, Collins L 1901 

Baldwin, George V. N 1888 

tBaldwin. Octavius D 1872 

tBall, Thomas R 1902 

Banks, David, jr 1898 

Banks, James Leno.x 1896 

Banta, Theodore M 1887 

Barclay, David 1901 

tBarger, Milton S 1896 

tBarger, Samuel F 1883 

tBarnes, Cora F 1903 

Barney, Charles T 1902 

Barrie, Alexander 1903 

jBarron, John C, M.D 1864 



Bartlett, Franklin 1880 

(Barton, Oliver Grant 1857 

Baylies, Edmund L 1893 

tBeardslee, Rufus G 1867 

-^tBeekman, Gerard 1875 

tBeekman, James William. . 1886 
Beekman, John Neilson, 

M.D 1897 

Beekman, Mrs. William B..1902 

Belcher, Henrv W 1857 

Bell, Jared Weed 1897 

Belmont, August 1902 

Belmont, Oliver H. P 1888 

tBelmont, Perrv 1857 

Benedict, Erastus C 1867 

tBenedict, Henry H 1902 

Benedict, James 1864 

Benkard, Henrv R 1857 

tBenson, Egbert 1888 

Benson, Robert 1887 

Berwind, Edward J 1901 

Betts, Frederick H 1875 

IBetts, George W 1857 

tBevan, Llewelyn D., D.D. . .1880 

tBickmore, Albert S 1869 

iBigelow, John 1869 

iBigelow, Poultnev 1889 

tBiglow, L. Horatio 1903 

'^tBillings. Frederick 1893 

Bingham, George F 1903 

tBishop, Cortlandt Field 1871 

tBishop, David Wolfe, jr... 1875 

Bispham, William 1903 

tBi.ssell, Rev. Pelham St. G.1887 

^tBliss, Cornelius N 1877 

tBliss, Cornelius X., jr 1897 

tBogert, Henry Lawrence. . .1892 
Bolton, Reginald Pelham. .. 1902 

Bond, Frank S 1893 

Bookstaver, Henry W 1869 

tBoorman, J. Marcus 18.54 

Bostwick, Henry A 1897 

Bosworth, Mrs.'Francke H. .1902 

Boucher, Charles 1900 

1 Bowen, Clarence W 1885 

tBreese, Eloise Lawrence. .. 1902 



67 



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Brewster, Charles 1902 

Erewster, Samuel Dwight. . . 1900 
tBriggs, Charles A., D.D. . . .1884 

Britton, Charles P 1893 

fBrodhead, Eugenia 1874 

fBrooks, Emerson 189G 

Brower, William L 18S0 

Brown, Rev. Abbott 1892 

Brown, Addison 1863 

Brown, Charles Hilton 1904 

tBrown, Edward F 187") 

fBrown, Egerton 1875 

Brown, John Crosby 1873 

tBrown, John Potts" 18.12 

tBiown, Ivobert 1 1851 

tBrowning, J. Hull 1903 

Brownne, John S 1901 

*tBruce, Matilda Wolfe 1871 

tBiukl, Mrs. William A 1902 

Bulklev. Edward Addison. . . 1902 

Bull. Charles C 1897 

tBulI, Kobert INIaclav 1902 

tBull. William Laniiian 1900 

tBuUard, Enoch P 1858 

tBurdge, Franklin 1880 

Burge.ss, Edward S 1903 

tBurrell, David J., D.D 1890 

tBurton, Thomas J 1901 

Butler, Emily 1902 

fCameron, Mrs. A. Soott. . . .1890 

t Cannon, Henry W 1895 

tCarhart, Amorv Siblev. . . . 1882 
Carney, Sydney H., jr., M.D..1893 

ICarpender, ^^'illiam 1892 

jCarroll, Roval Phelps 1888 

Carstensen, Rev. Gustav A. .1904 

tCarter, Henry C 1901 

Carter, James C 1807 

Carter, Walter S 1897 

tCastree, John W 1902 

tChamberlain. Daniel Drew. 1857 
Chamberlain. Jacob Chester. 1899 
Chamberlain. Leander T., 

D.D 1897 

Chapman, Henry T 1901 

tChauncey, Elihu 1882 

tChauncey, Henrv 1857 

Chee.sman", T. :\Iatlack, M.D.I 904 

Chew, Beverlv 1898 

^tClark. Edward S 1901 

tClark. Henrv Austin 1899 

tClark. Willi'am A 1895 

Clarke, Charles L 1897 

Clarke, George C 1896 

tClarkson, Banyer 1892 

jClarkson, Margaret Liv- 
ingston 1885 

tClarkson, IMatthew 1853 



Clinch, Edward S 1897 

tClute, Rev. Robert F 1857 

Cochrane, John W 1874 

Cohn, Adolphe 1903 

tCole, Edward F 1904 

tColes, Henry Rutgers Rem- 

sen " 1894 

Coles, .Jonathan Ackerman, 

M.D 1901 

Colgate, James B 1855 

Collamore, IMarion Davis. ... 1896 

yCollyer, Robert, D.D 1882 

tComstock, Frederick H....1889 
Conkling, Nathaniel W.,D.D.1883 
tConstant, Samuel Mctor..l893 

tCook. Arthur Peters 1864 

Cook, Charles T 1877 

'^tCook, Henry 11 1882 

Cooper, Edward 1850 

Cooper, Theodore 1895 

tCorlies, Joseph W.. jr 1851 

tCornell, Alonzo B. 1880 

Cotton, Louis Kossuth 1903 

tCoxe, Macgrane 1898 

tCrane, Albert 1873 

Crane, Frank W 1897 

Crane, Warren C 1890 

tCrimmins, John D 1899 

Cromwell, David W 1904 

tCrosby, Ernest Howard. . . .1884 
tCross, Mrs, C. Vanderbilt . . 1903 

Cummings, George F 1882 

tCurtis, William Edmond.. . 1901 

^Cutting, R. Fulton 1888 

^tCutting, W. Bayard 1888 

Darlington, Charles Francis. 1902 

tDart, Russel 1855 

Davenport, Ira 1892 

Davies, Jnlieu T 1880 

Davies, William Gilbert 1877 

Davis, Chandler 1903 

tDavis, Fellowes 1890 

Davis. Gherardi 1894 

tDavis, Mrs, Gherardi 1889 

tDavis, John W. A 1903 

tDavis, Vernon M 1903 

Dayton, Charles W 1897 

Debevoise, George 1903 

tDe Forest, Robert Weeks.. 1860 

tDe Kav, Charles 1881 

tDelafield, Albert 1891 

tDela field, Joseph Living- 
ston 1893 

tDelafield, Julia Livingston. 1891 
tDelafield. Maturin Living- 
ston 1874 

tDelafield, IMaturin Living- 
ston, jr 1899 



ANNUAL AND LIFE MEMBEES. 



59 



Delafield, Richard 1901 

tDe Lancey, Edward Floyd. 1851 

Delano, Warren, jr 1896 

Delmonico. L. Crist 1902 

tDe Luze, Philip Schuyler. .1895 

tDe Meli, Henry G. D 1895 

Depew, Chauncev iM 1869 

tDe Peyster, C. Augusta 1902 

tDe Peyster, Elizabeth V. R..1902 

tDe Peyster, Frederic J 1852 

tDe Peyster, John Watts. .. 1850 
tDe Peyster, Wni. Moore 

Dongan 1897 

De Puv, Henry F 1902 

tDerbv. Richard H., M.D...1882 

tDe Witt, William G 1889 

tDexter. Henry 1862 

Dexter, Stanley W 1897 

tDey, Anthony 1863 

tDe'y, J. Warren Scott 1865 

tDey, Richard Varick 1895 

tDevo, Robert E 1897 

tDibble, William A 1857 

tDickerson, John S 1853 

Dill, Josephine H 1903 

Dimond, Thomas 1901 

Dininnv, Ferral C 1902 

Dix, Morgan, D.D 1879 

tDixon, George, jr 1857 

tDodd, John M., jr 1894 

Dodd. Samuel C. T 1894 

tDodge, Anson G. P 1870 

Dodge, Cleveland H 1883 

tDominick, Marinus Willett.1896 

tDornin, William C 1862 

Douglas, William H 1901 

Dresser, D. Le Roy 1902 

Dugro, P. Henry 1891 

tDuncan, William B 1857 

Dunning, William A 1900 

Durvee, Joseph Rankin, D.D.1902 

Dwight, Frederick 1904 

tDwight. Rev. Melatiah 

Everett 1900 

Eaton, Bradley L 1901 

tEaton, Sherburne Blake... 1877 

tEdmonds, John Worth 1894 

tEinstein, Lewis 1902 

tEliot, Ellsworth, M.D 1865 

tElliott, Frederick B 1857 

Elseffer, Mrs. William L 1897 

'^tElv, Ambrose K 1857 

Ely, "Horace S 1883 

Embury, Aymar 1872 

Emmet, Thomas Addis, M.D.1864 

tEno, Amos F 1888 

tEvans, William T 1896 

tEverson, George 1857 



'^Fahnestock, Harris C 1879 

•(■Fairchild, Charles S 1882 

tFaye, Thomas 1871 

tField, Cortlandt de Peyster. 1850 
tField, Mrs. Cortlandt de 

Pev.ster 1885 

tFish, Mrs. Nicholas 1901 

tFish, Stuyvesant 1875 

Fleitmann, Ewald 1903 

tFolsom, George W 1858 

Forbes, Rev. Elmer Sever- 
ance 1896 

Ford, Worthington C 1892 

tFoster, Frederic de Peyster.1874 

Foster, Scott 1902 

tFoulke, Bayard Fish 1903 

tFox, Austen G 1872 

tFrancis, Valentine Mott, 

M.D 1858 

Fraser, Horatio N 1899 

Freedman, John J 1873 

French, Amos Tuck 1888 

tFrenche, James 1853 

Friend, Meyer M 1902 

Frissell, Algernon S 1903 

Frve, Jed 1902 

Fuller, Frank 1892 

TGallatin, Albert Eugene. .. 1903 

tGallatin, Frederic 1870 

tGallatin, R. Horace 1892 

Galot, Alphonse 1877 

Gaidiner, Asa Bird 1871 

tGebhard, William H 1868 

tGeer, Walter 1902 

Geissenhainer, Jacob A 1881 

tGibbs, Theodore Kane 1891 

Gibson, George Rutledge. . . .1902 

tGilion, John 1857 

tGihon, Willliam 1852 

(Wilder. Richard Wlxtson 1881 

tGiles, Stephen W 1896 

tGlover, Mrs. James A 1886 

tGoodwin, James J 1891 

tGould, Edwin 1896 

tGrace, William R 1881 

tGrant, R. Suydam 1857 

Gray, John Clinton 1873 

tGreene, Alister 1896 

Greene. Edward 1875 

tGreene, John W., M.D 1854 

-^Greene, Martin E 1870 

Greene, Richard Henry 1896 

Greene, Thomas Lyman 1896 

tGreenough, John 1891 

^Greenwood, Isaac J 1858 

Greenwood, Langdon, jr.... 1893 

tGregory, Charles 1902 

tGregory, Henry E 1886 



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THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



tOrifTon. Beiijaniin 1874 

tGriffith, Daniel J 1901 

jGuggenlieim, Murray 1901 

Hackstaff, Charles L 1898 

tHaekstaff, Mrs. Charles L.1903 
tHadden, John Aspinwall. . 1866 

tHaines, iSanmel B 1877 

Haklane, Mary H 1903 

Hall, Edward Hagaman. . . .1902 

tHall, Mary F...: 1901 

Halpin, Francis 1891 

tHalsey, Frederick K 1900 

Halsev', Richard T. H 1896 

Hamilton, Edmond H 1890 

Hamilton, William Gaston. 1889 

tHarbeck, Charles John 1897 

tHarbeck. Charles T 1857 

Hardley, J. Wheeler 1902 

Harison, Mrs. George D. L. .1897 

Harper, P'rancis P 1897 

tHarper, John 1885 

tHarriman, Edward Henrv.1885 

Harris, William H ". . 1903 

Hasbrouck, Mrs. Frederick. . 1900 

Haskell, J. Amory 1895 

tHatch, Albert H 1891 

Hatch, Albert J 1870 

jHavemever, Frederic C....1899 

tHavemeyer, Henry O 1899 

tHavemeyer, John C 1857 

"tHavemeyer, William F 1891 

tHavens, 'Henry F 1882 

fHawes, Gilbert Ray 1895 

tHawkes, McDougail 1898 

tHawlev, Thomas R 1864 

Headley, Russel 1901 

Healey^ W^arren :\I 1888 

tHearn. George A 1895 

Heniinwav, Homer 1882 

t Hendricks, Albert 1869 

tHerrick, John J 1852 

^tHerrman. Mrs. lienrv. . . .1889 

tHcss, 8elmar " 1903 

tHigginson, James J . 1899 

Higgins, Eugene 18S9 

Hill. Charles B 1901 

Hill, Edward Bruce 1896 

Hillhouse, Charles B 1897 

Hinnum, William K 1863 

tHinton, John H., M.D 1877 

Hobbs, Frederick G 1902 

tHoe, Robert, jr 1852 

Hoffman, Charles Frederick, 

jr. 1903 

Hoffman, Mrs. Charles F., jr.l9()3 
■'^tllofTman, Mrs. Eugene A. 1901 
tHoffman, Samuel Vcr- 

planck 1901 



tHoffman. ^Irs. Samuel 

Verplanck 1903 

Hoffman. William M. V. . . . 1897 
Hoffman. Mrs. William M. 

V 1903 

tHolden, Edwin B 1900 

tHolden, James C 1855 

Holland, Joseph 1899 

tHopkins, George B 1902 

Hoppin, William Warner. .. 1871 

tHosier. Abram 1864 

tHubbard, Robert J 1854 

Hubbell, George W 1895 

tHunter. Frederick W 1882 

*tHiintington, Archer Mil- 
ton 1890 

Huntington. Ciuules R 1896 

tHuntiiigton. Daniel 1846 

Huntington. Frederick ,T...1881 
Huntington, William R.. 

D.D. 1884 

Hurlbut. Theodore D 1893 

IHurrv, Renwick Clifton. .. 1903 

Hutchinson. Cary T 1894 

tHutchinson. William J.... 1877 

tHyatt, Abram M 1902 

tHyde, Clarence M 1891 

Hyde. Edwin Francis 1891 

Hyde, Frederick E.. M.D 1892 

tHyde. James H 1903 

Hvman, Mrs. David .M 1902 

tHyslop, George L., M.D. . . .1866 

Ireland, John B 1886 

Irving. Walter 1890 

^tlselin, Adrian 1863 

tiselin, Adrian, jr 1868 

tiselin, Columbus 0"Donnel. 1873 

Iselin, William E 1873 

tisham, Charles 1885 

-^tlsham, William B 1885 

Jackson, Charles Fred. 

Havemeyer 1 899 

t Jackson, Frederic Wendell. 1S92 

Jackson, Henry J., jr 1900 

t Jackson, Rev. Samuel M..18S8 

^t Jackson, Theodore F 1897 

^tJackson, William H 1898 

Jacobi. Abraham. M.D 1872 

Jaffrav. Robert 1890 

tJarvis. Jav 1863 

tJav, William 1852 

t Jennings. Oliver G 1893 

desup, ]\lorris K 1854 

-^tJesup. Mrs. Morris K 1888 

t.lohnson, Henrv W 1852 

Johnston, Henry P 1882 



ANNUAL AND LIFE MEMBERS. 



61 



t Johnston, J. Herbert 1S97 

tJohnston, John H 1862 

Joline, Adrian H 1893 

t Jones, Charles Landon 1900 

t Jones, E. Lee, M.D 1SG7 

t Jones, Rev. Henry L 1857 

t Jones, James H 1882 

Jones, Mrs. Oliver Living- 
ston 1902 

tJordan, Stanley 1900 

Judge, John H 1902 

Kane, S. Nioholson 1897 

fKelbv, Charles Hendre 1899 

tKelby, Robert Hendre 1893 

jKelby, Thomas 1891 

*tKennedy, John S 1883 

tKennin, John L 1863 

Kent, William 1896 

tKeteltas, Alice 1902 

living, Mrs. Charles R 1902 

tKing, Edward 1888 

tKing, Ellen 1889 

"living, George Uordon 1898 

tKing, John Alsop 1900 

^tlving. Mary Rhinelander. 1889 

Kip, William' F 1901 

tlvirtland, Anna T. E 1865 

Kohler, Max J 1903 

tLane. Smith E 1850 

'^fLangdon, Woodbury G...1878 

^tLanier, Charles 1857 

Larkin. John 1895 

tLathrop, Edward, D.D 1854 

Lawrence, Richard H 1000 

fLawson, Leonidas AI 1874 

'^Lawton, Mrs. James M 1900 

Leavcraft, J. Edgar 1887 

tLe' Boutillier, Charles 1896 

tLeflferts, Marshall C 1903 

iLeggett, Francis H 1901 

tLeggett, Francis W 1902 

tLeland. Charles H 1879 

Lesher, Arthur L 1884 

Lew, Elias Henrv 1881 

Lew-is, Charlton T 1864 

Lewis, John N. 1897 

tLibbey, Jonas Marsh 1877 

tLibbey, Mrs. William 1877 

iLibbev, William, jr 1880 

Lillie. Thomas W 1902 

tLincoln, James M 1891 

tLivingston, Johnston 1883 

tLivingston, William S., jr. . 1879 

tLockman, De Witt M 1890 

tLockman, John T 1884 

Loewv, Benno 1894 

tLogan, Walter S 1892 



Loomis, Archibald G 1902 

Lord, Franklin B 1902 

Lord, Joseph E. P 1900 

tLoring, Daniel A 1887 

fLoubat, Joseph F 1871 

tLow, Joseph T 1901 

jLow, Seth 1890 

Ludlow, James B 1901 

Lufburrow, Elizabeth S....1903 

fLummis, William 1877 

tLynch, James D 1882 

Lyon, A. Maynard 1902 

tMcAlpin, Charles .W 1902 

McCaflerty, Robert 1894 

McCagg, Louis Butler 1900 

McCall, John A 1899 

tMcClintock, Emorv 1895 

tMcCord, William H 1902 

McCoun, Henry T 1902 

tMcKesson, George Clinton. 1873 

tMcKesson, Irving 1899 

tMcKesson, John, jr 1857 

McKim, Robert V 1898 

tMcLanahan, George W. . . .1882 

tMaclay, Isaac Walker 1878 

McLean, Donald 1899 

tMacy, Nelson 1902 

Mahler, Edward J 1876 

■iMaitland, Alexander 1886 

tMallett, Edward J 1856 

tMallet-Prevost, Severo . . . 1901 

Man. William 1890 

IManning, Mrs. H. Courtney.. 1903 
tMarkoe, Francis H., M.D..1889 

Marks, George Edwin 1896 

tMarquand, Allan 1886 

fMarquand, Henrv 1881 

Marsh, John Edward 1896 

Martin, Susan Tabor 1893 

Mather, Frank J., jr 1901 

Maury, Charles W 1891 

Maurv, Henry T 1891 

Meeks, Edwin B 1889 

tMerrall, William J 1875 

tMerritt, Douglass 1867 

tMersereau, John W 1857 

tMersereau, Nicholas R 1857 

Messenger, Maria Gerard.. . .1893 

Mevrowitz, Emile B 1901 

tM'iller, George Macculloch.1881 

t:\Iiller, M. Rumsev 1901 

tMilliken, David .' 1857 

-^Mills, Darius O 1902 

tMitchell, Albert M. P 1890 

tMitchell, Benjamin G 1902 

Mitchell. Edward 1903 

tMitchill, Bleecker N 1884 

Moffat, R. Burnham 1898 



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tI\Ioldenke, Rev. Charles E.ISSO 

Mollcr, Peter 19U1 

tMonlgoinery. Thomas H...1S74 

tMoore, Frank 1856 

tMoore^Jacob B 1878 

Moore. William H. H 1852 

Moran, Charles 1903 

tMoreau, Charles C 1861 

Morgan, George H 1881 

*Moig.ui J. Pierpont 1881 

]\Iorgan. Junius Spencer. ... lOO'i 

tMorison. John A 1867 

tMorrell, William H 1865 

Morris, Fordhara 1870 

tMorris, Henry Lewis 1874 

tMorris, Xewbold 1901 

tMorrison, David M 1857 

tMorrison, George Austin.. 1892 

tMorrison. William E 1857 

tMorse. Charles W 1902 

^Morton, Levi P 1855 

t^Mossman. John M 1884 

Mott, Hopper Striker 1902 

*tMount, Charlotte A 1882 

*tMount, Susan 1882 

Munsell, Charles E 1892 

Murray, J. Archibald 1885 

Myers,' Edward 1896 

Nash, John McLean 1902 

Nash, William Alexander.. . 1902 

tNavarro. Jose F. de 1880 

Neill, Henry Harmon 1903 

tNelson, William 1893 

tNesbitt, George F 1857 

tNichols, Acosta 1903 

Nichols, Anthony Dey 1903 

tNichols, Effingham "H 1892 

Nichols, George Livingston.. 1897 
tNickerson, Mrs. Thomas 

W., jr 1903 

tNisbet, William F 1900 

Noble, Francis L 1903 

tNorrie, Ambrose Lanfear. . 1888 

tNorrie, Adam Gordon 1888 

tNorrie, C4ordon 1852 

tNorrie, Van Home, M.D. . .1888 
Norton, Edward L 1894 

tOakley, Henry A 1848 

tOakman, Waiter G 1896 

Odell, Hamilton 1863 

Odell, Hammond 1899 

O'Donohue, Joseph J., jr 1902 

Oettinger, Sigmund 1902 

Ogden, Henry A 1893 

tOgden. William 15 1887 

tOgilsby. :Mrs. Joseph H. . . . 1904 
Olcott, J. Van Vechten 1897 



Olcott, Mrs. J. Van Vechten. 1903 

tOpdyck, Leonard E 1888 

tOrvi's. Charles Eustis 1903 

tOrvis. Edwin W 1903 

Osgood. Herbert L 1893 

tOsgood, John C 1890 

Oudin, Lucien 1900 

Paddock. Eugene H 1891 

tPage, Edward D 1893 

Paige. Edward Winslow. . . . 1893 

-^tParish. Daniel, jr 1882 

tParisii, Henry 1901 

tParish, Wainwright 1901 

tParker, Mrs. Gilbert 1888 

tParker, Willard, M.D 1857 

Parris. Edward L 1880 

Parsons. Albert Ross 1890 

Parsons, Charles 1868 

tParsons, John E 1901 

-^tParsons, ilrs. John E 1877 

tParsons. William Decatur. . 18!)5 

Patton. Charles L 1892 

Peck, Charles E 1901 

tPeck, Guy Dayton 1895 

tPeckham, Walton M 1857 

tPell, Frederick Aycrigg. . . .1877 

tPell, Howland . .' 1889 

Pell. John L. E 1903 

tPelletreau, William S 1899 

tPenfold, Edmund 1852 

tPenfold, William Hall 1857 

Perkins, J. Deming 1859 

Perry, Alexander 1903 

Peters, :Mrs. Edward Mc- 

Clurc 1902 

tPeters. Samuel T 1886 

tPeters, William Richmond. 1904 

Phillii)s, N. Tavlor 1894 

-^^Phipps, Henry 1901 

'^tPhd'uix. Llovd 1887 

-^tPbo-nix, Phillips 1887 

Piderit. Marie Alma 1900 

Piatt, Frank H 1890 

Plympton, (iill)ert Motier.. . 1897 

Poor, Henry W 1891 

tPost. Abram S 1884 

tPost. Henry A. V 1888 

Potter, Frederick 1902 

tPotter, Rt. Rev. Henry C, 

D.D ' 1868 

Potter, iJohcrt P.urnside 1901 

Powell, William R 1902 

Powell, Wilson M 1865 

Pratt, Dallas B 1897 

tPrentice, William P 1867 

tPrime, William C 1859 

Prince, J. Dvnelev 1903 

Prince. ]\Irs. J. Dvneley 1903 



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Proctor, William Eoss 1902 

Pruyn, John V. L 1899 

Pryer, Charles \l'' 

Purdon, John l»'Ja 

Purely, J. Harsen 19^-^ 

Putnam, Frederic Ward. . . .1899 

tPyle, James Tolman \f-f 

tPyne, M. Taylor i««^ 

Quintard, Edward, M.D. 
Quintard, George W 



.1888 

.1895 
.18G1 



Rainey, Thomas, M.D 1900 

tRansom, J. Henry 180o 

tRaven, Anton A } JOl 

Read, Frank B ;■ ' -Hf- 

tRead, Harmon Pumpelly.. . 188o 
tRead, John Meredith, ji'- ■•188o 

tRead, William A ^•••JJ^l 

tRedmond, Mrs. Henry S...188J 

tReed, Josiah H 18^ 

Reid, Whitelaw 1888 

Reimer, Otto E „; 

tRhinelander, Frederic ^^ ■> 

]r ^894 

Rhinelander, Philip .. ....1890 

tRhinelander, Rev. Philip 

Mercer ; 1888 

^tRhinelander, Serena !»»» 

Rhinelander, T. J. Oakley.. .1895 

tRhinelander, William 18o* 

Rhoades, John Harsen 18bJ 

Rhoades, Lyman i«J^ 

tRich, Joseph S. 903 

Richards, Jeremiah i»JJ 

Richardson, Rosell L 18Jo 

Riker, John Jackson 18J1 

tRiker, John L JgO 

tRiker, Samuel 1888 

tRives, George L ^"^^^ 

tRobb, J. Hampden ......18-^ 

tRobbins, Horace Wolcott. .18^^ 
tRobinson, James A.. . . . • • • jS-^: 

tRoche, Rev. Spencer S 188/ 

Rock, Matthew ...^.... JJ"- 

tRockefeller, John D., jr.... 1901 

tRoelker, Alfred 188- 

tRomame, Louis T^. . j^^- 

tRoosevelt, Robert B.,3r-- 1890 

tRoosevelt, Theodore 188o 

Root. Elihu ;«' ^ 

Ross. William B 18o« 

Rothschild, Jacob J»^^ 

tRowell, George P.. f'^ 

tRowland,Jl. Edwards^..... 18. 4 

1898 
1874 



Rowland, Thomas Fitch... 

Eusch, Henry A 

tRussell, Archibald D . . . • 
tRussell, Charles Howland. 



.1884 



RuthraulT, Charles C 1904 

tRutter, Robert • ■ • • 1887 

Rver, Frederick Ridabock.. . 18yo 
tRyno, Crowell H 18«* 

tSabin, Joseph F 1892 

Salter, Wm. Tibbits 1859 

tSanford, Henry G. . ^. .^. • • IJO^ 
Satterlee,F.Le Roy, M.D... 1887 

Sawyer, Philip 1901 

Schauffler, William Gray, 

M D 1 

tSchell, Edward H 1883 

*tSchell, F. Robert 180/ 

tSchell, Mrs. F. Robert 1902 

Schermerhorn, Charles -^•••18^3 

tSchieffelin, George R 18J4 

tSchieffelin, Schuyler 18J0 

Schieffelin, William Jay----lJ04 

tSchiff, Jacob H 188 J 

Schnaier, Milton 1903 

Schroeder, J. Langdon L)Oi 

tSchuyler. Philip^ 8^0 

Schwab, Gustav H 1888 

Scott, Edward W 1902 

Scudder, Moses L 189/ 

Scudder, Willard 1893 

tSeaman, Louis Livingston, 

]y/[ J) lUOo 

tSer'voss, (ieorge Hancock.. .1856 
tSeton, Alfred L 18o7 

tSeton, Robert, D-D ■ ■ • - • 'icS- 
Sevmour, Morris \\oodruflf...l89o 

Shaler, Alexander 18b7 

Sheldon. James O l»so 

^■'tSherman, Charles A. . . • • •188» 
tSherman, Mrs. Charles A.. 1902 

tSherman, George 1884 

tSherinan, John T 1889 

tSherman, William Watts.. 1902 

Sherwood, Samuel 18J- 

Short, Edward Lyman IJ^^ 

tShradv. John, M.D 865 

Sickles. Daniel E 896 

tSiegel. Mrs. Henry 190- 

tSiUiman. Charles A 18W 

Silver. Elmer B.. .^^ 1903 

tSistare. William H.M 18 

Slade. ^Irs. William Gerry- -1903 

tSlawson. George L 190- 

-^tSloan, Samuel | J^; 

tSloane. Charles W 18^^ 

tSloane, Thomas O'Conor. . .18^ 

AtSloane. William D 18<3 

tSloane, William Milligan. .1898 

Smith, Alfred H 1902 

Smith. Chandler 1904 

tSmith, Charles H^L .^. • -1857 
tSmith. Cornelius B..D.D... 1867 



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t.Snntli, GeorfTf Williamson. 

D.D 1900 

Smith, Hiram 1895 

Smith, James Henry 1898 

Sjiiith, L. Bayard 1901 

tSmith, Stephen, M.D 1867 

tSmith, Thomas E. V 1888 

Smith. Walter M 1885 

Smith, Wm. Alexander 1858 

tSmith, William W 1903 

tSmith, William Wheeler. .. 1854 

tSmull, Thomas 1857 

Smyth, Herbert C 1896 

tSo'uthmayd, Charles F 1864 

Spears, Harry D 1895 

Speir, Archibald W 1901 

■^tSpeyer, James 1901 

tSpofford, Paul N 1845 

Stanton, Mrs. John 1896 

Stearns, John Noble 1882 

tSteers, James K 1897 

tSterling. Charles Burr 1897 

Stern, Arthur J 1902 

tStevens, Bvam K 1863 

tStevens, Frederic W 1903 

tStevens, John Austin 1848 

tSteward, John, jr 1857 

Stewart, John A 1850 

Stewart, Wm. Rhinclander. . 1894 

tStillman, James 1887 

Stillwcll, John Edwin, ]M.D.1901 
tStimson, Daniel M., M.U...1903 

Stimson, Mrs. Daniel M 1897 

tStokes, Anson Phelps 1891 

-^^tStokes, Caroline Phelps. .. 1SS9 

tStokes, I. N. Phelps 1900 

tStokes, James 1864 

Stone, Mason A 1902 

§tStorm, Clarence 1902 

tStorm, Edna Craham 1903 

tStorm, Mabel Louisa 1903 

tStraus, Oscar S 1884 

Sturges, Henry C 1874 

-^tSturges, Frederick 1880 

Sturgis, Frank K 1900 

Sturgis, :Mrs. Frank K 1900 

tStuyvesant. A. Van Home. 1857 
tStuyesant. Robert IJeade. . . 1857 
tStuyvesant. Itobert \'. R...1857 

Stuyvesant, Rutherfurd 1869 

tSuckley, Robert B 1896 

tSuydam, Walter L 1903 

tSwan, Edward H.. jr 1881 

tSwaii, Otis ]) ! 1850 

tTailer. Edward Xeufville. . . 1898 
Talcott. Ifev. .]. Frederick. . .1901 

Tallmadge. Frederick S 1851 

tTallmadge, William C 1864 



tTaylor. George C 1857 

tTaylor. Theodorus B 1851 

Tenney, Charles H 190a 

Tenney, Daniel G 1895 

tTerhune, Thomas 1861 

tTerry, Roderick, D.D 1882 

Thompson, David W 1902 

tThompson, Frederick Dio- 

dati 1866 

■*tThompson, ilrs. Frederick 

F 1901 

tThompson, Walter Ledyardl896 
Thorn, l.eonard Mortimer. .. 1874 

tThorne, Jonathan 1857 

-^tThorne, Phebe Anna 1891 

tThorne, Samuel 1902 

tThorne, ^^'m. Van Sclioon- 

hoven 1897 

tTiemann, Hermann X 1899 

'^tTilford, Frank 1902 

i Tinker. James 1871 

Todd. Charles Burr 1800 

Toler, William P 1902 

tTolles, Brainard 1901 

Tompkins, Hamilton B 1874 

Tooker, Gabriel Mead 1861 

Totten, William H. B 1897 

Town.send, Mrs. Edward M.1900 

Townsend, Howard 1890 

Townsend, S. DeLancey, 

D.D !.1902 

tTreadwell, George A 1892 

Treat. Edward A. 1900 

tTreat. Erastus B 1893 

tTrevor, Henry" Ciratl 1893 

Tuck, Edward 1877 

tTucker, Edwin 1900 

tTucker, Mrs. John J 1902 

tTucker. Walter Curtis 1900 

Ulmann. Albert 1903 

Underhill, Edgar 1894 

t\'an Alstyne. Lawrence.. .. 1895 

\'nn Anuinge, (iuy 1903 

\'an Amringe, .John How- 
ard 1903 

A'an Beuren. Henry S 1892 

^'an Cortlandt, Augustus. .. 1884 

*tVanderbilt, George W 1884 

'^'tVanderbilt, William K...1878 

Aan Hoesen, George M 1885 

tVan Nest, ]\Irs. Alexander 

T '. 1 902 

Van Xorden. Warner 1902 

\'an Rensselaer, A. Cort- 
landt 1898 

tVan Rensselaer, Mrs. John 
King 1898 



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65 



Van Rensselaer, ]Mrs. 8cliuy- ^ 

Vftu sivck, George Finch... 1000 

tVan Slvck, George W 18a 

tVan Yechten, A. V. W. . ■ -Ib-oS 

-(Van Woert, Francis G 18o< 

Vermilve, Ashbel G., D.D. 



1803 



Vermirve, Daniel B 1003 

Ver Plknck, William G 1800 

Villard, Oswald Garrison. . 1808 
tVincent. Marvin R., D.D... 1001 
^fVon Post. Herman Cas- 
per 1805 



Waddington. George 
tWagner, Fredejiic C 



1800 
,1903 
. 1893 
. 1903 



D.. 



Wait. William B.. jr.. . . 
yWalker, Alexander . . . 
i Walker, Rt. Rev. Wm 

D.D 

Wandell, Towusend 

-; Ward, Edmund A 

Ward, Francis E 

t Ward, Henry Marion 

tWard, J. Otis 

iWard, Sylvester L. H 

Wa rren, William R 

yWaterburv, John I 

tWatson, Rev. J. Henry . . 
t^^•atson, Mrs. J. Henry . 
t Watts, George Burghall. . 
tWebb. Wm. Seward, ]M.D 
tWebster. David, M.D. ... 

t Webster. Sidney '.• ' ' lac- 

tWedemeyer. Arnold J. D-- J^^f^ 

tWeekes, Alice Delano 000 

tWeekes, Henry de Forest. .iSOo 

tWeekes, John A.... |8W 

tWelch, Alexander M 180o 

iWelles, Edgar T 

jWells, Mrs. John 

t Welsh, Osgood 

t Wendell, Evert Jansen _ 

Werner, Adolph ]^^_t 

tWesley, Edward B 8.^- 

Weston, Lillian R ^0^ 

tWetmore, Charles H.. . . - • .1808 
tWetmore, George Peabody . 18^.;> 
tWheeler, Everett F 



.ISC.i 
.1889 
.1883 
. 1902 
.1901 
.1801 
.1893 
. 1902 
.1894 
.1902 
.1903 
..1803 
..1882 
. . 18S0 



.1889 
, 1002 
.1881 
. 1000 



tWhitaker. Rev. Arthur 1886 

Whitaker. John E 1002 

t White. Alain C 1003 

White, Jolm Jay, jr .^....IJO-- 
AjWhite, Mrs. Joseph M. . . .1902 

tWhite, Wm. Augustus 185 i 

vWhitlock, Bache McEvers. 18(9 
Whitman, Charles Seymour..l903 
tWhitney, Charles A- ■ ;• • • -J^JJ^ 
Whitridge, Frederick ^\ . . . • 188b 

iWhittaker, Thomas 18/ J 

Wicker, Cassius M 1002 

Wiener, Frank l^O^ 

iwilder, Louis D. v., M.D.. 1864 

t Wiley, Franklin 1804 

Wilkins, Rev. Go^^'e^""*'^"" , 

Morris [^^it 

tWilkinson, James l»»' 

tWillcox, David \f\ 

tWiUets, John T 880 

Willetts, Joseph C. . . J 90 J 

tWilliams, Benjamin C 19U- 

t Williams, David 8h- 

Wills, Charles T 002 

Y Wilson, George |8S^ 

Wilson, Henry R ^OJ 

yWilson, M. Orme. 002 

tWindmuUer, Louis i»Ji 

vWinthrop, Benjamin R....18o/^ 
tWinthrop, Egerton Leigh.. 18.3/ 
tWiuthrop, Grenville L. . . . i^J-i 
tWiuthrop, William >«'^i'f "-IJ;!; 
tWitthaus. Rudolph A., M.D.1802 

tWood, Arthur King j;^'"! 

tWood, Charles F. 802 

tWood, Mrs. Isaac!. 8(8 

tWood, William H. S 188J 

tWoodruff, Baker . 18o' 

tWoodruff, Francis E 1898 

Woolsey, Theodorus B . 

t Wright, John M 

tWvckoff, William F . . 
tW'vsono-, John J 



1870 
1857 
1001 
1902 



tYoung, William Hopkins 
1 York,' Edward Palmer. . . 



,1890 
. 1902 



,1863 



tZabriskie, Andrew C 1881 

dagger (t) before the name 



indi- 



XoTE.— In the preceding list, a^c.ae^- _ ^ - Honorary Member. 

* Elected Patron Janiiai^ o. i •'"■*• ? 
A Elected Fellow January 5, 1004. 



NECROLOGY. 

1903. 



Elected Deceased 

1865 Anderson, E. Ellery February 24th 

1871 Black, William T December 18th 

1903 Boardman, Lansdale September 9th 

1873 Boyd, Georiie WilUam November 22d 

1860 Brodhead, George H March 1st 

1858 Case, Watson E March 13th 

1877 De Peyster, Johnston Livingston May 27th 

1884 Dexter, Orrando Perrv September 19th 

1852 Dodge, Wilham E. ." August 9th 

1899 Farrington, Harvev P January 27th 

1869 Foote, Horace Allen April 22d 

1901 Garth, Gran^■ille W December 25th 

1897 Geoghegan, Stephen J September 7th 

1845 Green, Andrew H November 13th 

1883 Guernsey, Egbert, M.D September 19th 

1901 Haskins, Charles W January 9th 

1850 Hewitt, Abram S January 18th 

1901 Hoffman, Mrs. Charles Frederick September Sth 

1874 Hovt, Alfred M June 18th 

1901 Hovt, Charles A April 18th 

1865 Hunt, Nathaniel W April 4th 

1867 Jenkins, William L September 26th 

1866 Lord, George W. T January 26th 

1865 Macy, Charles A January 2d 

1857 Macv, Silvanus J May"l7th 

1860 Manice, William DeForest September 6th 

1856 Milburn, Rev. William H April 10th 

1888 Park, Josepli April 3d 

1857 Prime, Temple February 25th 

1899 Roebling, Mrs. Washington A February 28th 

1887 Satterlee, Edward R November 28th 

1857 Skidmore, John D No\ ember 15th 

1853 Swan, Edward H .• August 30th 

1852 Tiemann, Julius W Februarv 14th 

1852 Trimble, Merritt February 11th 

1894 Wallace, John H Mav 2d 

1867 White, Octavius A., M.D May 25th 

1886 Willets, Robert R May 7th 

1879 Williams, George G August 22d 

1856 Wilson, John October 13th 



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Dollars, in lieu of all other dues and fees. 

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